Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: JA-9
Corporate Name: William Peury
Local Name:
Owner Name: William Peury
Location: Zirath, three miles south of Rogan
County: Jasper
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1906
End Year: 1906
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1906
Town: Zirath
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 30000: 1906
Capacity Comments: 30,000 feet daily
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Gulf Beaumont and Kansas City Railway (later Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe)
Historicial Development: Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported that the Peury mill at Zirath in 1906 was manufacturing 30,000 feet daily. The town name is spelled as Zeerath in the January 1905 edition of the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association.
Research Date: JKG 8-23-93. MCJ 12-07-95
Prepared By: J. Gerland, M. Johnson